单词 | senatorian |
释义 | senatorianadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to a senator; = senatorial adj. 1. Now chiefly as applied to the senatorial order of ancient Rome, its members, their privileges, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [adjective] > relating to senators (ancient world) senatory1534 senatorian1614 senatorial1791 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [adjective] > of or relating to member of senatory1534 senatoricala1618 senatorious1664 senatorian1830 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 167 The Senatorian ordred state Is neuer chang'd by place or date. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 167 That great Senatorian traine. 1629 J. Maxwell tr. Herodian Hist. 74 Yet was he far exceeded in Birth by many of the Senatorian Order. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 940 Janinus, having setled himself into a Senatorian Gravity, began thus to speak. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 199 The dignity of the senatorian rank. 1830 J. H. Monk Life R. Bentley xix. 592 This distinguished prelate had already displayed his senatorian talents in the discussion on the Pension Bill, and other occasions. 1880 R. Owen Sanctorale Catholicum 12 Mar. 136 He was of a high senatorian family at Rome. 2. = senatorial adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [adjective] > Roman province under types of governor proconsular1610 presidiala1654 proconsulary1728 senatorial1841 senatorian1842 1842 G. Long in Smith's Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. 801/1 The Senatorian provinces. B. n. ? nonce-use. A partisan of the senate. ΚΠ 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. (1870) 21 [Augustus] began as a professed Senatorian;..he became ultimately emperor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.1614 |
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